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On paper this workout didn’t seem to be too tough. Impending snow storm
made getting through the workout quick and back home a priority,
especially since the snow started a good five hours earlier than it was
supposed to. Barbell strict presses to start things off. Pretty much the
same deal as last cycle as I was doing for push presses. Lots of
singles with short rests. My anterior deltoids were not liking even the
bar for warm-ups. Stuff felt slow and sluggish. Not a matter of getting
the numbers, just how easy they felt. Left wrist was a tad achy on these
warming up. The actual working sets went well. Good power. Arms and
chest felt really tight on these. Next was close grip bench press.
Pretty easy weight and I was more concerned with warming up in a way
that would get me ready but not tire me out. Two sets of three followed
by a max rep set. I wasn’t sure on how many reps I’ve done with 275lbs
before but I kind of felt like I needed to hit a dozen. Felt really
light on that last set and things were going well until the tenth rep
when I grazed the pins and it threw me off. I had to reposition my legs
in a non-optimal stance which made it really tough to get another two
reps. Without that issue, I think I had another rep there. Upstairs for
the upper back superset again. I had thought this would be changed but
nope haha. As I expected, this was tough again. I didn’t have to stop on
any of the sets but my upper back and triceps were incredibly sore by
the end. Straight arm pulldowns after that. My right triceps was super
sore from the last few exercises (right were the lat insert is) so this
wasn’t pleasant. No stops here, just not very easy. Got home during a
brief break in the snow to stretch, eat meatloaf and sleep. The snow is
going me this week (and possibly the next few) very interesting.

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I’m a little taller than 6′7″ and I really like to lift weights. I’m a
competitor in amature strongman contests. Right now, I'm training for the Beast of the Bluegrass in Lexington, KY on April 28, 2018. My hope is to become a competitive
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